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Dead Caesar

{{Short description|2007 stage show written by Chris Taylor}}

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! style="font-size:120%; background:#dbe9f4; text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Dead Caesar

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| Chris Taylor

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| Stage

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| Musical Comedy/Satire

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| Toby Moore
Andrew Hansen
Ben Borgia
Ewen Leslie
Alan Dukes
Monica Sayers
John Leary

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| Andrew Hansen

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| 2007

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| Australia

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| English

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| Cirque du Chaser
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Dead Caesar was a 2007 stage show written by Australian comedian Chris Taylor from The Chaser. The satirical show parodied Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare.

Production

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Taylor was persuaded, while drunk, by Brendan Cowell, director of Wharf 2LOUD, to write a play. He ended up writing a parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/dead-caesar/2007/01/29/1169919257810.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Dead Caesar - Arts Review|date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2008-01-16|first=Andrew|last=Taylor}}

Cast and crew

File:Leslie Hansen in Dead Caesar.jpg in a scene from Dead Caesar.]]

The crew included Chaser member Andrew Hansen as composer of the music.{{cite web|url=http://davidkary.com/View-Review.asp?ReviewID=292 |title=David Kary's Review Gallery |accessdate=2008-01-16 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

  • Director: Tamara Cook
  • Music: Andrew Hansen
  • Set Designer: Bruce McKinven
  • Lighting: Stephen Hawker

The main cast is as follow:

  • Caesar: Toby Moore
  • Marc Antony: Andrew Hansen
  • Lucius: Andrew Hansen
  • Brutus: Ben Borgia
  • Cassius: Ewen Leslie
  • Cicero: Alan Dukes
  • Calpurnia: Monica Sayers
  • The Messenger: John Leary

See also

References

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{{Julius Caesar (play)}}

Category:The Chaser

Category:Works based on Julius Caesar (play)

Category:Depictions of Julius Caesar in plays